If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there
HOPING FOR A ‘HOT SPRING’
working class
A BRIEF MEDITATION ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT
And the possibility of its return
SOLIDARITY BUILDING, COVID-19, AND FRONTLINE WORKERS
The mission of building solidarity within the South Asian community is akin to other movements such as Black Lives Matter. How can we learn from them in order to connect our own community? For many South Asians committed to fighting state violence against Black people, it is clear that our work in being allies relies on undoing anti-Black ideologies within our own communities.
RECLOSE AMERICA: DON’T FOLLOW FASCISTS IN THE SERVICE OF WALL ST TO YOUR GRAVES
Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All
A LOCAL VOTING PRIMER FOR WORKING PEOPLE
Democracy is for everybody, not just the rich. So get to the polls!
Local elections are far more important than Mass voters seem to think, given the historically low turnouts for most of them in recent decades. Especially during off-year contests like this year’s. So, for starters, I just want to encourage everyone who ...
EDITORIAL: THE ARTS SPEECH
DigBoston wants to hear from Boston-area neighborhood artists and arts reporters
Every few months, we start a new intern cohort at DigBoston. And since we’ve taken to accepting larger numbers of interns—we currently have 16 for the summer—inevitably ...
UPDATE: DIGBOSTON DISPATCH
News from behind the editorial curtain plus support for Saul Levine
Seeking next group of working-class journalists
In November, I put out the word that DigBoston was looking for working-class Boston natives to write for us.
Specifically, I called for locals with three of the four qualities we look for in good journalists: ...
DIGBOSTON SEEKS LOCAL TALENT
Boston townies, take your best shot!
Good journalists typically have four attributes: an ability to communicate information about the world around them to other people, training in the conventions of journalism, compassion for their fellow human beings, and deep knowledge of the areas they ...
EVERY DAY IS LABOR DAY
DigBoston commits to expanding coverage of workers and unions
For the past many years, I’ve written an annual Labor Day editorial for whatever publication I’m running at the time. And it’s always a relentlessly depressing exercise. Because there just hasn’t been much good news for working people in decades.
Since the 1970s, corporate ...
REAL RIDESHARING
Evolving the way the world moves … beyond Uber (and Lyft)
